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(No Model.) A. B. GOLTON.

STUB AXLE FOR TRUCKS.

Patented Dec. 4, 1883.

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\A/ITNEESES dmd UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT OOLTON, OF FRANKLIN, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT HAMILTON, OF SAME PLACE.

STUB-AXLE FOR TRUCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,752, dated December 4, 1883.

Application filed September 15, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT B. GoLToN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Franklin, in the county of Johnson and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful I111- proved Stub-Axle for Grain-Binder Trucks, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement 7 in stub-axles for forming a bent axle for trucks IO used to move grain-binders upon from one field to another.

The object of my improvement is to provide ametallic bearing forthe wheel which shall be light and strong, and which shall form the offset or bent portion of a bent axle, made by se curing two of my stubs to opposite ends of a straight beam or scantling, thereby forming a cheap axle, on which ordinary wagon-wheels taken from the farm-wagon may be put, and form a truck with a low bearing adapted to receiveagrain-binder, for the purpose of moving it from place to place.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of my stub-axle. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of a bent axle formed with my improved stub.

A is a casting having a shoulder, b, and a tapering cylindrical portion, 0, forming a bearing for the inner end of the hub of a wagonwheel. (Shown in dotted lines.) A bearing for the outer end of the wheel-hub is formed by a wrought-iron rod, d, having an enlarged cylindrical portion, 6, which may be formed integral with rod (1, or may be cast thereon. Said rod d is laid in the mold in which casting A is made, in suitable prints formed by the pattern of A, and the metal forming A is cast 40 upon one end of rod d, therebysecuring it firmly in position in the center of bearing 0. Cast- (N0 model.)

ing A is formed also with a short standard, f, and a base, g, havinga fiat surface, 9 and provided with projecting pins h z. A bolt-hole,

j, passes centrally through the base and pin h. 4 5 To form an axle, I take a piece of scant1ing,O, about three by five inches square, and after cutting it to a suitable length I make recesses in thetop, at each end, to receive pins h and i, and bore holes through the scantling at the centers of the recesses for h. I then set apair of stubs, each formed by a casting, A, and rod b, one on each end of the scantling, and secure each in place by a clip, 7c, and a bolt, Z.

A bent axle is thus formed, on which the hind wheels of an ordinary farm-wagon may be used without raising the axle too high to be advantageously used in carrying-a grainbinder. The wheels may be retained on their respective bearings by a collar and linchpin, as shown, or by a nut screwed on the end of rod 61.

Any suitable bed-frame may be mounted on this axle to receive the grain-binder, or the axle itself may be placed under the heavy portion of the binder, and the forward wheels and axle of the wagon used under the lighter end.

I claim as my invention r 1.. As a new article of manufacture, the above-described stub-axle, consisting of casting A, having the cylindrical portion 0, shoulder b, standard f, and base 9, and rod d, having enlarged portion 6, all combined in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. A bent axle formed of a straight timber, having a pair of the above-described stub-axles secured thereto, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ALBERT B. OOLTON.

Witnesses:

H. P. H001), Ozrn P. Hoon. 

